Democratic Primaries

The present system may well break under the strain, and popular support for it collapse.

If this occurs, it will alter the political calculations regarding the feasibility of getting some public option through the Congress, on the assumption Mr. Biden carries the White House in November, and Mr. Schumer leads a majority in the Senate. Obstacles would still be formidable, no one should be under any illusion concerning that.

None of this means what emerges would be 'Medicare for All', which is really little more than a marketing slogan and not a thought through policy. Nor does it provide the slightest reason for claiming 'Bernie' should be the nominee for President this year of the Democratic Party.






"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."